O.K., well, I guess I somewhat overreacted to that « joke ». <img src="images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

That's war for me : it tends to wear out my « sens de l'humour » !

Had I have a better look at that knife, I would immediatly have seen it's a fake !

That's not a french design. It's obviously an american one :
- First of all, horizontal red/white/blue stripes is not the French flag, but the one for Netherlands (I know : they both are small countries, not far apart, somewhere in Europe ; not easy to tell which is which, especially when your only way to learn some geography is to make war ) ;
- Maybe I see those stripes inverted : in which case horizontal blue/white/red stripes represent the « Serbie/Montenegro » flag (another tiny european state !!)
- But in the matter at hand, I suspect these blue/white/red colors are an reminder of the american flag ; you cann't help it, can you ?
- Green and Yellow are the colors of Bresil and Bolivie, but what the heck are they doing here ? ? ? ? <img src="images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />
- The deficient compass seems like what you have to expect whith most « made in USA » products, actually manufactured in China ; <img src="images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />
- the « tactical pads » are much more useful in the US Armies, as they have a higher percentage of women in their ranks (another victory for the Women Liberation Movement)
- The butter knife blade also says «US approved ». And I hope it's unsharpened as well ! If not, the manufacturer could be sued for selling such a probably eventually potentially dangerous thing (have you ever seen an unemployed lawyer in the USA ?! ?) <img src="images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
- The comb reminds me of Travolta, in Saturday Night Fever ... <img src="images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />
- The corkscrew is another proof this is a fake, poorly designed to look french ; everybody knows soldiers, all over the world, don't need corkscrews as they don't drink good wine, but prefer beer ! A bootle opener would have been more appropriate.
- I have to admit I was puzzled about that little bit called a « pacifier » . I thought the Colt .45 S.A. (or was it another .44 caliber revolver ?) was called a pacifier . Or was it a Peacekeeper ? No, it was a Peacemaker, is that right ? ?
- about Peace, the « Peace and Love » sign, displayed on that knife, also comes from USA ;
- as for the white flag, non conclusive ! I reckon it's an international signal. For instance, Henry DUNANT used it before creating the Red Cross flag (an inverted Swiss flag).

I guess I have completly and correctly « analyzed » this pseudo-french knife, in each of its components.
Oupssss..... I missed the lanyard loop ! Well, that could be french indeed : we do like to be practical in our designs. <img src="images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />


Alain